TRoy's riding adventures, ETC

[FJTRoy]

...So we picked up a '15 DT in August 2020 thinking it might be a good starter bike for her son. WRONG lol . And well, to make a short story long - I was having a really good fun time riding it around so decided to keep it for myself. So I bought a used seat & modified it to my liking & the past couple weeks have been sport-touring all over the place on it. Absolutely LOVE IT ! What a hoot! More smiles-per-hour than any bike I've ever owned. I suspect I will keep it forever for solo sport touring hooliganism
   I live in Barboursville WV surrounded by awesome roads in every direction & my local day rides include Southwest WV, Southern OH & Eastern KY. My hunny Sheila loves to ride too but only if it's over 60F.  For 2up riding we use the 650Burg or FJ1200. BTW yes I know there are dedicated forums for intros & ride reports etc. but I want to keep my pics & such here under one subject for ease of reference later. Cheers

[FJTRoy]

Great ride last week southern OH . check out the modified seat. it's perfect for me (6'+ , 230lb) might have it recovered one of these days to fix the flappy area but maybe not.

[Stig / Major Tom]

That chain would make good security, even in NYC....but would still need to be anchored in concrete or 32 guys will drag it off.
Thx for the pic!
Stig

[FJTRoy]

need to be anchored in concrete or 32 guys will drag it off.

 Ain't that the truth! I think each link weighs about a ton

[FJTRoy]

Great ride last week in KY! Have done this ride probably 50 times over the years, arguably the best twisty day-ride in the tri-state. Plus there is brand new pavement on rt649! It's only 1.5 lanes but awesome! All the other highlighted roads on the map pic are 2 lane roads w/yellow line in the middle

[CROSSBOLT]

You about as delerious as I with a 2013 DT300i, FJTRoy! Really a good compromise, isn't it?

[Kansas kymco]

Neat pictures. We have a large electric shovel in mineral KS know as Big Brutus.  Before it was turned into a Museum I took my Dodge colt and drove around in the bucket. The bucket  held enough overburden to fill 3 railroad cars. The boom was 16 stories tall.  If your ever in eastern KS it is worthy of a side trip. 

[FJTRoy]

well I was hoping to post a pic of the ride today on my DT, but this morning it would not start. Has done this a couple times after sitting in the cold (like below 40) for more than a day or three out in the cold garage. good strong crank but no startup. gonna get a new iridium plug see if that helps. anyway, the big burg fired right up & held it's own . 250 miles OH KY WV

[FJTRoy]

well... this morning I went out & preheated my DT with an ordinary household heater for about 20 minutes and it instantly fired right up. Took a little ride around Huntington WV this morning before the rains came. Bouncing around on my new defect POS Shinko rear tire (that's a whole 'nother subject) but did manage to zip around a bit & get a few pics. Cheers

[FJTRoy]

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[Neil955i]

Some nice pix there, thanks.


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[FJTRoy]

...so, off with the oval shaped shinko & on with a perfect michelin  love the sport profile & tire feels great! ..but the tire is noticeably shorter than the shinko & the oem maxxiss, and has actually decreased my allowable lean angle before scraping. so now I'll be looking into springs I guess & other 'how to raise the bike" mods.

[Iahawk]

is the tire the correct, factory size? I know tires can vary a little but it's odd that it's noticeable shorter in diameter. How much smaller in diameter is the new tire than the OEM tire?

[Stig / Major Tom]

is the tire the correct, factory size? I know tires can vary a little but it's odd that it's noticeable shorter in diameter. How much smaller in diameter is the new tire than the OEM tire?

Yep, sounds like he bought a different tire size.
Will change the 'gearing' and maybe the speedo. "Shorter" (smaller) tire will increase revs at previous road speeds  - and make it feel like it has more power low-down because of the increased revs....and might run out of breath at the top.

Stig